Bradley Gambosi

After a brief outer space detour, Katy Perry returned to Chicago for the first time in eight years with the Lifetimes Tour at the United Center on May 12. As someone who spent childhood years as a devoted fan, the production felt like stepping into a time machine back to the seemingly unstoppable pop reign Perry held in the early 2010s. But rather than a triumphant return, the show often felt like a system reboot stuck mid-update.

Last year, I watched over 210 films — more than 400 hours — with 86 of them released in 2024. Thank you, AMC A-List, for fueling this...

Grocery prices continue soaring to new heights, a stock market crash is slowly unfolding, and inflation continues to rise, fueled by...